Managing Career Development

Abstract

How career management becomes a tool for strategic control and development is outlined. Three phases to career development are identified: exploration, establishment and mid‐late career. On this basis career management questions and the implications of research are explored, leading to the conclusion that to view a career as a purely vertical ladder is too simplistic particularly within the context of leaner organisational structures and fast growth organisations.

Citation

Evans, P. (1988), "Managing Career Development", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 7 No. 6, pp. 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051693